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Earache

denisegoldberg wrote: »

...I haven't been there, but based on your photos I think I need to add it to my list of places to visit.


--- Denise

Ohh... it's a fantastic place to visit - I'm sure you would love it Denise! He was super wealthy and collected and imported
an astounding amount of Spanish, Baroque, and European antiques, furnishings and building elements, like entire ceilings.
The grounds (atop a mountain) are nearly as impressive as the home.
More pics:

travelways

Hi, I'm new to this game, so I hope i'm on the right track, with my pub in Ontario pic showing perspective and leading lines

I knew about this game from some years ago, but somehow I ignored it because I thought I was not ready for it.... No, I feel differently, so here I am

Great game!

travelways

Earache wrote: »

Ohh... it's a fantastic place to visit

Wonderful photos Eric. Where is this?

Earache

travelways wrote: »

Hi, I'm new to this game, so I hope i'm on the right track, with my pub in Ontario pic showing perspective and leading lines

I knew about this game from some years ago, but somehow I ignored it because I thought I was not ready for it.... No, I feel differently, so here I am

Great game!

Your image is just fine and, by all means Tatiana... jump on in!

travelways wrote: »

Wonderful photos Eric. Where is this?

Thanks Tatiana!
This is Hearst Castle in San Simeon, California. William Randolph Hearst was a wealthy publisher and the grandfather of Patty Hearst (if you know that story) They offer guided tours - it's really worth a visit!

sarasphotos

Eric, you brought back memories for me - the one and only time I was at Hearst Castle was in 1974. It was during the time that Patty Hearst was kidnapped and on the very day that then-President Nixon was indicted in the Watergate scandal. We heard the announcement on the radio playing in the public waiting area. Interesting times...

My photos of the day are somewhere in a slide tray and are with certainty not anything like your splendid images! Thanks for sharing.

Cheers, Sara

travelways

Earache wrote: »

Your image is just fine and, by all means Tatiana... jump on in!

Thank you very much Eric, I appreciate this

Earache wrote: »

This is Hearst Castle in San Simeon, California. William Randolph Hearst was a wealthy publisher and the grandfather of Patty Hearst (if you know that story) They offer guided tours - it's really worth a visit!

Wow, I thought it was some place in Europe. Very impressive! - No, I didn't know about it - I may be able to visit it one day, maybe...

Earache

sarasphotos wrote: »

Eric, you brought back memories for me - the one and only time I was at Hearst Castle was in 1974. It was during the time that Patty Hearst was kidnapped and on the very day that then-President Nixon was indicted in the Watergate scandal. We heard the announcement on the radio playing in the public waiting area. Interesting times...

My photos of the day are somewhere in a slide tray and are with certainty not anything like your splendid images! Thanks for sharing.

Cheers, Sara

Thanks Sara, glad to share - it's such an unusual venue...
And, yes, there were a few crazy things happening then - a little excitement in an otherwise fairly mundane decade.

Speaking of slide trays... now, you have reminded me of the boxes of slides and prints lurking deep in my closet... neglected, dusty, mostly forgotten... so sad, that I'm so lazy.

sarasphotos

Right now I'm constantly being reminded of such things. I recently made a quick trip to California to help my sister go through all of the family stuff before her move to a new house. We have albums of family pictures dating back to the 1860's!!!! I ended up with all of the family slides and our pictures from the 40's to the present for eventual sorting through and digitalizing. Egads - my retirement will not be boring!! And not to mention my own thousands of slides and pictures. Yikes!

Richard

sarasphotos wrote: »

Richard, I just love your unexpected turns!

Cheers, Sara

DonRicklin wrote: »

THat's because Richard really knows how to play the game. Not just post another similar image. Play off unexpected elements! I try to do that when I play this one and some of the other games.

Keeps us on our toes! Right Richard...

Don

I try to go for the unexpected and like it when others do as well--it just seems to be more fun that way. There used to be more of that. If you scroll back in this thread, you can find some of the more original associations, including a few that were so obscure that nobody could figure them out . But the game is what people make of it--the main thing is to see great images .

denisegoldberg

Richard wrote: »

Richard -
You have a superb eye for the absurd, love this one!

--- Denise

sarasphotos

travelways

denisegoldberg wrote: »

Richard -
You have a superb eye for the absurd, love this one!

--- Denise

:smo

travelways

Is it something wrong with my last entry that made this game stop?

travelways wrote: »

Should I change the photo?

David_S85

No, nothing wrong. Game continues...

sarasphotos

Don't worry, Tatiana, this game doesn't always move a quickly as the others, which is actually nice. Often a day or so elapses before the next entry.

We all get a chance to really consider what the next photo could be and as Richard said above, perhaps go for the unexpected - make the others really THINK about the relationship between the photos.

Cheers, Sara

travelways

David_S85 wrote: »

No, nothing wrong. Game continues...

Great, Thanks

travelways

sarasphotos wrote: »

Don't worry, Tatiana, this game doesn't always move a quickly as the others, which is actually nice. Often a day or so elapses before the next entry.

We all get a chance to really consider what the next photo could be and as Richard said above, perhaps go for the unexpected - make the others really THINK about the relationship between the photos.

Cheers, Sara

Another great thing about

However, yesterday was very dynamic, so I thought it will go quite fast - that's OK, I was only a little worried

Richard

denisegoldberg wrote: »

Richard -
You have a superb eye for the absurd, love this one!

--- Denise

sarasphotos wrote: »

travelways wrote: »

:smo

Earache

It took me a minute, but I saw what you did there Richard...

Richard

sarasphotos

This scenario is all too familiar to me - although usually when I use the helper the bike is fully loaded... ugh!

travelways wrote: »

travelways

sarasphotos wrote: »

This scenario is all too familiar to me - although usually when I use the helper the bike is fully loaded... ugh!

I don't know what stopped me, but I was about to make this caption: Sara coming from the train station in Friederikhsafen

sarasphotos

your instincts were correct!

travelways

sarasphotos wrote: »

your instincts were correct!

This is clever "Technology Today" to be found but only in Germany...

denisegoldberg

travelways wrote: »

I love the motion in this one!

--- Denise

travelways

denisegoldberg wrote: »

I love the motion in this one!

--- Denise

Thank you Denise, a lot of good things are done by chance...

Earache

denisegoldberg wrote: »

I really like the lighting and composition here Denise... the low angle captures the wave nicely!

denisegoldberg

Earache wrote: »

I really like the lighting and composition here Denise... the low angle captures the wave nicely!

Thank you Eric!

This was at a favorite spot, the Parker River National Wildlife Refuge. The place belongs to the birds - the beach closes April 1st each year for the piping plover nesting season, usually reopening in August or September.

--- Denise

travelways

denisegoldberg wrote: »

Thank you Eric!

This was at a favorite spot, the Parker River National Wildlife Refuge. The place belongs to the birds - the beach closes April 1st each year for the piping plover nesting season, usually reopening in August or September.

--- Denise

travelways

Welcome to this so COOL game Pegelli!